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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-09-29

direction, and are preparing their
lands for grass and stock raising. As
grass is the foundation of success in
stock feeding, we must seek for the
best for both grazing and for hay, for
winter food is as necessary as summer.
The old saying, mo grass, no cattle,
no manure, no crops" is as true now
as when first spoken. The grass lands
are the most valuable to the farmer.
Lands well set in grass in some States
are worth from $50 to $500 per
acre. In Holland or Belgium
they are valued from $500 to
81, 900 per acre. Now with every
thing favorable in the South rs
grass country with lands equally
valuable, because of continued cultivf,-
ton, they can be bought for S. to $40
per acre, when with grass culture they
would be worth as much as any other
lands. Besides all the land in clover
and meadow. of which there is vast
amount, full so per cent. of the soil of
England is permanent pasture.
Should we be content with less
than this. when we know grass culture
can be carried on here in the South
with far greater profit than in any
other land under the sum- Herbert
Post, in Southern Cultivator.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-09-29
SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL.
The Tobacco Crop.

1t is said as to low grades it must be
admitted there is an abundant supply
more than enough for the years re-
quirements; but against that fact is
the circumstance that these grades are
33t per cent. lower in price than they
were in 1884. when average lots suit
able for the Spanish reggie brought
from 81 to 81 cents, and to-day goods
of the same character can be had at 5
to 81 cents; while 1t has to be remem-
bered that the great decline in produc-
ton this year is in sections which have
produced the great surplus of low
grades. There will certainly be
shortage, it is assumed. in these grades
this year.
Respe cting reggie tobaccos of the
higher type it has never been claimed
that the crop of 1886 yielded greater
supply than the crop of 1885, and the
reggie requirements for 1886 practically
exhausted the supply suitable for that
appropriation. Now, with the de-
mands for 1887 for Italy and France,
which are 40 per cent. greater than
last year-amountng to 81, 900 hogs
heads, against 23,O00-it is argued
that it does not appear very clear, even
in view of the apparently enormous
stocks in sight, where enough tobacco
to 90 around will be found. The talk
that the regies can buy in European
markets what they need to fill their
contracts is deemed groundless.
Except Bremen, no market
is known where one might
think of looking for suitable supplies,
and there. according to adviccs dated
the mid lie of July, fully 1000 more
hoGsheads of new leaf are wanted, and
III S with the old stockholm which,
presumably, the regies may hope to
fill their contracts-will all be needed
by the re yular trade Of the place.
1t is said that syn i.cate las paid
IN cash to the Spanish Government
SD. 900, 600 for the privileg, of fur.
nisling the Spanish people with to.
baeco for the year 1SS7-in round fig
ures, say $1,000 per hogshead-and il
does not seem reasonable. it is contend
Ell. that the syndicate in its desire tc
fulfil its contract with the Govern.
ment would refuse to pay, if necessary,
even ten cents pound-say $3.50 pei
hogshead-in oder to furnish the 10
bacco required.
There are hints and evidences o.
syndicates and corners at the Yves
wherein ample capital is lodged tt
enable holders to hold and specula
tors to boom, and on the surface, a
least it looks as if these parties helt
the winning hand as whatever thu
possibility as to available supplies, ,
Short very short, crop this season is ;
certainty, even the Clarksville distric
on August promising only one-thirt
of the harvest of last year. m Y
Leaf
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-09-29
About Rice Culture.

The common rice plant is native OF
the East Indies, and so is the mosquito,
for that matter. But the assertion, so
generally acquiesced in, that rice was
introduced into Europe and the two
Americas from India seems to me to
be about as rational as that all mos
quitos came originally from the
Gauges. 1t is indigenous to both con-
tinents, the conditions being plenty Of
water and sunshine, and high tenn
perature. The rice plant is an evolu-
ton from species of swamp grass of
the tropics. and attains its greatest
perfection in sub-tropical climates, as
for instance in Southern China and the
Southern States of the United States.
1t will not do well in England or Scot
land, because, although the soil has
one requisite, dampness, the tenn
perature is not sufficiently high, and
there is too much cloudy and foggy
weather. 1t is not profitable in Hol-
land for like reasons. Nor will it ever
come to any thing more than mere
swamp grass on the attiplanes of the
Andes, because, although the ground
is usually moist, and there is an
abundance of sunshine, the tempera'
ture at such attitudes is too low And
even in marshy grounds where all the
climatic conditions are favorable, the
water should be carefully supplied and
regulated according to the season and
the growth of the plant.
In Central and Southern China,
where it is so extensively and profitably
cultivated, it is first sown pretty thick
ly on very wet land, and afterward
transplanted, like cabbage and potato
sprouts, to ground especially pre-
pared for it. 1t is set out in drills or
rows which are about three feet
apart, the space between the plants in
the drills being about two inches. A
single stalk, thus transplated to thor.
oughly well-prepared ground, will
spread out at the roots and send up as
MANY as fifteen or even twenty we'll
defined stamens, each producing a full
head of large, well-formed grain. In
this way there is not only larger yield
to the crop, but two crops year are
easily produced on the same ground.
do not know whether this method
has ever been tried in the Carolinas OIL
in Georgia; but there is certainly nc
reason why it should not work as vel
here as in China and Japan, where the
fall frosts are often from ten to fifteer
days earlier than they are even il
Southern Virginia and Eastern Ten
nessee. VIM. L. Scraggs, in Southern
Cultivdtor.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-09-29
Value of Grasses.

Grass takes care OF him who saves 1t.
The meadow is the master mine OF wealth
Strong meadows and fat pastures make fat
pockets.
The acre that will carry a steer carries wealth
Plenty of grass makes happy farmers.
Up to my eyes in grass, laughs the steer.
Soft hay makes strong wool.
The above are some of the maxims
that contain deep truths. and the
farmers who heed them are the ones
who will become the richest and most
independent of failures connected with
raising only hoed crops. The rapidly
growing interest in the raising of cat
tie, horses, mules. sheep and goats, all
over this country. has caused. es-
pecially among the farmers of the
South and West a greater interest in
the growth of grasses. the best kind to
take the place of the native grasses
now so rapidly disappearing from our
vast Western plains. A large
number of our more progressive farm
ers here in the Southern States have
come to realize the fact that there is an
easier AID more profitable way of
making a living than raising cotton,
the profits of Witch all 60 to the
pockets OF The commission merchants,
rather than their own. Many of them
are slready making moves in the right
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-09-29
A MODEST REQUEST.
An Anecdote Of the Gar Nicholas and .
French Traveller.

An Anecdote Of the Gar Nicholas and =
French Traveller.
The Gear Nicholas is the subject Of the
following apecdote, which Is vouched for
as authentic by Aurelian Scholl: The Gear,
returning from paying an early visit to
one Of his daughters, noticed at the door
Of hotel young man with cigar in his
mouth. Nicholas could not tolerate the
smell Of tobacco. "You are foreigner,
siri" he asked. eyes, General" was the
reply; ~ have just arrived from Paris"
"Then you are unware that smoking in
the streets of st. Petersburg is forbidden.
warn you lest your ignorance get you in
trouble" "Thanks, General" And the
Partisan threw away his cigar. But il
smoking was not allowed, neither was it
permitted to address the Emperor, and
scarcely had the latter passed out Of sight
when two police officers approached the
traveller, and he was soon on his way to
the station, where he remained until ten in
the evening in the society Of the thieves
and drunkards who had been arrested the
previous night. When the superintendent
questioned him he told his story; how an
officer In Generals uniform who was pass
ing Hhu huflS6u I'LL w tnIOW away hio
cigar, and that he had at once done So
"And you didn't know who the General
wasi" ~ don't know" The official set
the Frenchman at liberty, and made his
report to the chief Of the third section.
The latter, thinking the adventure might
have some unpleasant political con-
sequence-that the Frenchman might lodge
a complaint with his Ambassador, and
that he (the chisf) might be blamed for the
action Of his subordinates-decided to
inform the Emperor of what had
happened. His Majesty seemed annoyed.
go find the traveller" he ordered, 81
wish to express to him, personally, my re-
greet for the outrage to which he has been
subjected" When an officer in uniform
came to his hotel the Frenchman had Wis
ions of Siberia, and began to regret bitter
ly having yielded to his desire to visit "the
empire Of the north" He was only re-
stored to his usual equanimity when Mich
olas explained to him the cause of his un'
pleasant adventure. "Forget this little
Misunderstanding" added the Emperor
"and il you remain any time in Russia il
will give me pleasure to prove to you that
we are not as uncivilized as we may seem
to be-" "Since your Majesty is so kind,
replied the traveller, "may ! make one re-
quests" "What is it?" "That if YOU
Majesty should meet me again you would
not notice me-"
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-09-29
Sheep Raising in the South.

II the people of the New South only
knew it. they could nearly control the
mutton market in the United States.
This assertion need not startle any one
who is conversant with their advan-
tages. The things which discourage, or
stand in the way of, such a
realization are transitory. A sys-
tenn of farming or plantation man.
agement prevails-formerly more than
now-which binders it. 1t is one pro-
duct or nothing, The laborers, who
have been mostly negroes, are a race
not inclined to a shepherd life, nor
are their dispositions most suitable to
handling sheep. The amount of dog,
that is so numerically abundant around
the hut of the Southern plantation. is
an eradicator of mutton to such an
extent that 1t exterminates all that are
not too fleet to be caught by hungry
cur. These three difficulties can be
overcome rapidly and permanently.
An abundance of grass pasturage
which when properly rotated will sup
ply succulcnt food the year round;
lands that will produce enormou $
crops of corn, oats or peas, as we'll as
abundant root crops so essential in
fattening mutton sheep; when consid-
cred in connection with mild climate
whit, h will permit the grazing and
rearing of lambs in the winter months
December to March even more readily
tban in the spring-presents us with a
formidable array of facts, which most
concerns the farmers of the South, and
shoull convert them to practical APP
plication of business.
Who does not know the handsome
prices that good fat lambs and muttons
would command in all our Northern
cities during the winter and spring
monthsP The States of South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi
could raise them in abundance, Their
wool is always as much of a cash ar.
titie as cotton, and is as profitable one
year with another. We have examined
the grasses and products of this region,
and know their natural advantages.
The coal and iron output combined Of
Georgia and Alabama, vast as they
are, could not exceed the profits to be
derived from the wool and mutton bus.
mess wisely and energetically conduct
ed by their people who are engaged in
agricultural pursuits.-St Louis In
| dustridliSt
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-09-29
..Iayor HeWitt's Youth.

Mayor hewitt was asked the other day
how he earned his first money. He said
that he got it by reading to rich man
some three or four hours day for a year.
He did not get the appointment by influ-
snce, but by competitive examination. The
man came to the school and heard the boys
read, and made his selection of Hewitt as
the best reader. He was then but sixteen
years of age. For his years reading he
received the munifcent compensation OF
SIS. Ten dollars of this sum was used to
buy his students gown, and the other S.
was kept by his mother for incidental ex.
penses. During his college years Mr..
Hewitt worked about seventeen hours a
day, engaged in teaching or coaching other
students. At the close of his college career
he had saved about $1,000. With this he
went on European tour, and on his re-
turn he had So of 1t remaining.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-09-29
WHY THEY HUNG HIM.
A Fair Specimen of Simon-Pure Territori-
al Lynch Law.

A Fair Specimen of SimOn-Pure TerritOri-
al Lynch Law.
did you get that hoss-thief you fell
lers went afterp" was asked of man
who lives near where the Territories
of Montana and Wyoming corner"
on Dakota.
"You bet we did!"
MAKE him dance mostly on ARP" ,
That's what we done!
Sure he was the right one, !
reckonp"
"W-e-l-l, pardner, not so ALFRED
sure ~ we might o been. But you
can bet yer boss we amt the crowd
that goes out after man an don't git
Somebody
ANY evidence against the man you
strung up?"
Moo, nothing direct as l know of
Il low it was what they call cir
cumstantial evidence. Ye see we
were gettin' tired O. lookin' anyhow,
an come long to this TELLER an asked
him if he'd seen any thing of our man
an he said he hadn't an then went
on kinder talkin' agin hangin' an
said he lowed us fellers didn't have
no 'thority to string up folks. Then ]
says: Boys, this cuss amt got no
public spirit, he amt williu' nothing
could be done fer the good o the
country an reckon we'd better string
him up himself!' So in bout min
ute we had him where he wouldn't
git his feet wet You bet a man that
won't show no 'thusiasm bout gittin'
rid q hoss-thievcs is a dangerous
character fer the communicable
Scia Bs.i
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-09-29
SHE'D NOTHING TO SAY.
How an Experienced Reporter Secured q
Complete Account of a Fight.

How an Experienced Reporter Secured
Complete Account of a Fight.
Two distinguished citizens up in
Vermont engaged in little fisticuff
the other day, and reporter of one Of
the daily papers was sent to interview
lady who had CHANGED TO witness the
affair from her porch.
The reporter found her extremely re-
ticent regarding the affair. He had
seen reticent ladies before, however,
and did not give up in despair, as
some men might have done when the
lady declared that she wouldn't "open
her mouth about the matter"
THAT is right" said the reporter,
blandly. Stick to that No one can
make you talk if you don't want to- -
II knew that" said the lady, land
I'm not going to mix myself up in a
little disagreement between my neigh.
bors. Both of the gentlemen are neigh
bors and friends of mine, and
wouldn't for the world speak word
against either of them, for one was
just as much to blame as the other as
far as could see, and saw the whole
affair from beginning to end and could
tell every word that was said if
wanted to. But I've nothing to say
about it, and that's the end of it."
THAT is right" the willy reporter
said. II admire your discretion and
your fidelity to your friends"
We'll, if I do say it myself, I'm a
woman that can hold my tongue when
want to. No one but me saw the at.
fair, and l don't choose to speak of it.
I'd be ashamed to tell that two such
prominent gentlemen as Major Dilley
and Captain Barker fell out over a bel
they'd made at Fourth of July races
The Major said that "Fleetfoot'' wor
the race fairly and Captain Barker
said the other horse won, and that was
all there was of it. I'd not tell thai
two friends Of mine called each Other
all kinds of frightful names, and
that the Major hit the Cap
tain with his cane, and that
they clinched then and rolled ovel
and over on the ground and fought and
swore awfully. I've simply nothing tc
say about it. 1t would mortify the Ma
jor, l know, IL I told that he criet
'nuff' first and Captain BarKer's wife
is too good friend of mine for me tt
tell that her husband bumped another
mans head on the plank walk ant
swore at him. No. sir; you may a
well 60; I've made up my mind to sim
ply say nothing about it, and fort.
horses couldn't draw word out of MI
if / don't want to tell it."
Il believe you, madam" said tn
hardened reporter, blandly. 81 respec
your delicacy, and will not trouble yo'
farther"
And when complete account of tn
affair appeared in the evening pape
the lady said:
swell, who on earth could have toll
that reporter about itP He never go
word of it from me. just told hin
I'd nothing to say, and l hadn't ~
ISd- Bits.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-09-29
Bullfrogs Eating Young Turkeys.

The st. Louis Globe-Democrat is respon.
sible for the following extraordinary tale:
Lewis P. Hathaway, while fishing at Clear
creek some time since, captured six or sew
en- large bullfrogs, which he brought home
and placed in pond. Mr.. Hathaway has
turkey with dozen young ones. Some
Of the latter, it appears, have been disap-
pearing mysteriously. The other morning
Mr.. Hathaway was watering his horse at
the creek convenient to the frog pond
when he heard the mother turkey making
4 racket at something in the creek. On
investigation Mr.. Hathaway saw mon
ster bullfrog in tho water with young
turkey in its mouth endeavoring to swal
low the young fowl, which had attained
the age Of three weeks.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-09-29
HERE AND THERE.

"A farmer when his chickens es
capped from their yard house, rerpe.
trated this mercantile pun: II will
re-coop my losses. "-Merchant Irav-
e!er
Down South they eat PEPPER on
watermelon. Up North they some
times mix caycnn, pepper with the
mustard to warm up the plaster after
eating watermelon. --JournaL of Edu.
cation.
"A force pump throwing a spray,
is used by some poultry men in throw
ing whitewa'h and other lice-killing
liquid into the cracks and crevice' Of
the poultry quarters.
The moulting season is now at
hand when the old fowls shed their
feathers and put on new ones. They
require close attention, plenty of good
food and fresh water during this
period.
The Creator has endowed man
with powers of acquisition, and his
laws of nature stand always ready to
supply his every real want bountifully
as the reward of his industry.
Sheep in au old. weedy pasture or
wood lot will more than pay their keep
in keeping down the noxious weeds and
briers. while nothing equals them fol-
restoring fertility to worn-out field.
Remedy for Chicken Cholera:
Hyposulphite of soda. four parts;
boracic acid, two parts; Mandrake
root, one part; red pepper, one part;
resin, one part; powdered rhubarb,
one part Give each fowl a teaspoon
full every hour until relieved.
There are laws in Illinois against
corners in breadstuffs and provisions,
but they are of no particular use.
There is natural law, however, that
is beginning to tell-the law that a
corner which does not corner does
corner the cornerer. MiI,oaukee Sen.
tineL
"A cattle disease has broken out at
Elkhart, Ind, which is proving very
fatal 1t is believed to be pleuro-pneu-
monia, and great excitement is caused
by it. The authorities have been noti-
fed. and should it prove to be the
dreaded contagion, measures will be
taken to stamp it out
The tobacco worm is the common
topic of conversation among farmers
at present The long dry spell gave
the fiy all the chance she wanted, and
from close inspection and general re
ports she has not failed to take adj
vantage of the opportunity, Judging
from the amount of young worms now
on tobacco. However. the crop in this
county is good. Mr.. Hogan and Mot
Williams, near 0lmstead. have about
the best we have seen--RGsselvill'
| (Ky.) Herald Enterprise.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-09-29

Experiments with dogs show that
their keen sense of smell enables them to
detect or discover persons by this sense
alone. Such experiments prove that
not only do we all have looks peculiar
TO ourselves but that each individual
has distinctive odor about his person
which is being continually given off as
are the odors of flowers. Human be-
ings are by no means unacceptable to
the influences of these bodily odor, and
perhaps they have more influence than
we suspect in causing one person to be
attracted toward or repeled from an
other.-Foote's Health Monthly.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-09-29
IfRadlx Ont of Order.

Or only slightly so, constipated and irregu-
lar bowels resume their functions when in
vigorated with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
being genial laxative, which produces an
action closely akin to that of nature. Sub
stitute, if you have hitherto used drenching
drugs, this far more salutary and safe pro
moter Of regularity. Bear in mind, too, thai
it subdues malaria, liver complaint, rheuma-
tism, and bladder and kidney ailments.
Don't use it by fits and starts, but with reg
ularity, if the case is chronic.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-09-29

ARE you sad, Respondent, gloomy
Are you sore distressed
Listen to the welcome bidding
BE at rest.n
Have you aches and pains unnumbered,
Poisoning lifes Golden Cup2
Think not there's no balm In Gilead. and
"Gve itup."
A Golden Remedy awaits you
Golden not alone in name
Reach, oh, suffering one, and graspit,
Health reclaim.
There is but one Golden Remedy-Dr.
Pierces Golden Medical Discovery. II
stands alone as the great "blood-purifier,' y
acknowledgements and "healthrestorer,'
of the agel The Liver, it regulates, remov.
ing all impurities. The Lungs it strength
ems, cleansing and nourishing them. The
whole system it builds up, supplying that
above al other things most needed-pure
rich Blood.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-09-29

Ebony is now initiated on wood by
simply painting with a one per cent,
solution of sulphate of copper, ano,
on this becoming dry, painting the
wood over with q liquid consisting OF
equal weights of aniline. hydro
chloride and spirits of wine; the eff
feet of the blue vitriol is 10 act on the
aniline and form nigrosin, black
which can not be affected by acids or
alkalies. To this luster can be added
by coating the surface with simple
copal yarnish. Boston Budget.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-09-29

is the exclamation of thousands suffering
from catarrh. To all such we say: Cata~rh
can be cured by DR.. Sage's Catarrh Rene
dy. 1t has been done in thousands of cases;
why not in yoursi Your danger is in de-
lay. Enclose stamp to Worlds Dispen-
sary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y, for
pamphlet on this disease.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-09-29

PRICKLY ASH BITTERs warm up and in
vigorate the stomach, improves and strength,
ems the digestive organs, opens the pores,
promotes perspiration, and equalizes the cir,
culation. As corrector of disordered sys-
TEN there is nothing to equal it.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-09-29

A full business course, Normal Pen
manship course, Shorthand and Type
Writing all taught by efficient teachers
Catalogue and full particulars sent free.
Address, d. L. MUssELMAN, A. NJ, Prin
Gem City Business College, Quincy, Ill.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-09-29

-HAvs you heard why the English dude is
not wanted in America" mo; why?"
Because the Yankee dood'n do"
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-09-29

One of the Kings of England asked
the release of number of Huguenots
who were languishing in the Bastile
for no offence but their religion.
what would your master say" re
torted the French King, ''if / were to
ask the release of the criminals he
keeps under lock and key in New.
gater' He would let you have every
man of them if you claimed them as
brethren" was the clever retors Of the
English Ambassador.